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Welcome to the Myth Wiki 2011. On this page you will find resources that have been chosen to aid you in this assignment. Please review the pages on the left for additional help and reference. If you have any questions or need any assistance, please ask Mrs. Myers or your teacher for help. Happy learning!


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201 DAV 2005 Title: Don't know much about mythology : everything you need to know about the greatest stories in human history but never learned / Kenneth C. Davis.

201 PHI Title: Mythology of the World/ Neil Philip.

REF 291.1 COT 1996 Title: The Encyclopedia of mythology; classical, Celtic, Norse. Personal Author: Cotterell

291.1 CAM Title: Creative Mythology: The Masks of Gods/ Joseph Campbell

291. CAM Title: The Power of Myth/ Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers

292.1 VER 2001 Title: The universe, the gods, and men : ancient Greek myths / told by Jean-Pierre Vernant ; translated from the French by Linda Asher.

299 MAR 1999 Title: Native American religion / Joel Martin.

398.2 BLA 2006 Title: Legends or lies? / Gary L. Blackwood.

398.2 ERD 1984 Title: American Indian myths and legends / selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.

REF 910.3 SUM 8 2001 Title: World geography / editor, Ray Sumner
-Not on cart. A Collection of World Geography Books. Located on the short shelf.

917.204 MEX Title: Mexico/ DK Eyewitness Travel

938 GRA 1990 Title: The Greeks / Neil Grant. Personal Author: Grant, Neil.

960 PEO 2006 Title: Peoples and cultures of Africa / edited by Peter Mitchell.

970.1 TAY 1994 Title: Native American Myths amd Legends. Personal Author: Taylor, Colin F. ed. consultant.

973 HIR 1993 Title: The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy/ E.D. Hirsch

REF 938 HOR 1998 Title: The Oxford companion to classical civilization / edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth.

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WEB SITES:

MYTHIC JOURNEYS:
Includes overviews of the particular culture and the pantheon of gods.
  • Norse Creation
http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_norse_full.htm
  • Mayan Creation
http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_maya_full.htm
  • Egyptian Creation
http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_egyptian_full.htm
  • Incan Creation
http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_inca_full.htm
  • Inuit Creation:
http://mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_inuit_full.htm

Here are various sources for other cultures:
  • Aztec:
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1994/3/94.03.03.x.html
  • Various Native American Tribes:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/northamerican_culture.html
  • Iroquois:
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore37.html
  • Eastern Indian sites:
http://www.indolink.com/Kidz/mythology.html
http://members.tripod.com/~srinivasp/mythology/index.html
  • Celtic Myths:
http://www.livingmyths.com/Celticmyth.htm
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/celtic/articles.html
  • African Myths
http://www.a-gallery.de/docs/mythology.htm
http://www.gateway-africa.com/stories